1894 LIBERTY HEAD $2.5 PR65+ Deep Cameo

GEM DEEP CAMEO. ONLY 122 STRUCK. <span>In 1894, President Grover Cleveland issued thefirst annual Labor Day. The new holiday was in response to a battle during thePullman Strike which resulted in the deaths of 30 strikers. Thousands ofPullman company railroad workers organized a strike in response to theirdiminishing wages. The strike continued to grow and involved a quarter of amillion workers across 27 states before 12,000 US Army troops were sent in. Inthe ensuing violence, 30 workers were killed and many more were injured. This1894 quarter eagle evokes the year that Labor Day went into effect in an effortto conciliate any disgruntled workers considering a strike of their own.